Kodam IX/Udayana


Kodam IX/Udayana is a military regional command of the Indonesian Army which is responsible for the Lesser Sunda Islands. It was established as part of the 1985 reorganisation of the Indonesian National Armed Forces and included East Timor until that province achieved independence in 1999.
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History

Between 1969 and 1985, Kodam XVI Udayana was responsible for Bali, East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara while Kodam IX administered units in East Kalimantan. As part of a broad reorganisation of the TNI in 1985, the number of Kodam was reduced from sixteen to ten, with all of the Indonesian portion of Borneo coming under Kodam VI/Tanjungpura and Kodam XVI, which by this time included East Timor, being redesignated Kodam IX.
In 1997, combat units included five infantry battalions, a cavalry troop in East Timor, and an engineer battalion. District commands included Korem 161, Korem 162, Korem 163, and Korem 164. SOF magazine reported forces in East Timor in September 1997 as ten battalions; eight rotationary, two permanent, special 'ranger-style' companies, and Detachment 81 of Kopassus.
East Timor continued to fall within Kodam IX's area of responsibility in 1999, with the military units in the province itself coming under the sub-regional command Korem 164/Wiradharma. In July of that year Kodam IX developed plans for Operation Pull-Out which was to be executed alongside a plan developed by the TNI Headquarters if the East Timorese voted for independence in the East Timor popular consultation. After this eventuated, these plans were executed in September and involved the rapid evacuation of 70,000 Indonesian administrators and soldiers and 180,000 East Timorese, which contributed to the 1999 East Timorese crisis. The plans do not prove that the TNI planned the post-referendum violence, however.
After East Timor achieved independence, Kodam IX retained responsibility for Bali, East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. In 2002 the Border Security Task Force, monitoring the border with East Timor, was reported to include a headquarters drawn from the 3rd Airborne Infantry Brigade, 321 Battalion in the northern border sector, 721 Battalion in the southern sector, and a detachment from 407 Battalion around Oecussi.
Battalions include Battalion 744. In 2009–2010 a new infantry brigade was formed in West Timor, the 21st Brigade. Its task appears to be control of the border between West Timor and East Timor. Relations with the East Timor Police Service on the border are cordial and informal, but appear to lack formalised discussion mechanisms for any border incidents that might arise.

Territorial Command

Korem 161/Wira SaktiKorem 162/Wira Bhakti
  • '''Korem 163/Wira Satya'''

Combat Units & Support Combat Units

  • 21st Infantry Brigade/Komodo
  • * Brigade HQ
  • * 743rd Infantry Battalion/Pradnya Samapta Yudha
  • * 744th Infantry Battalion/Satya Yudha Bhakti
  • * 746th Infantry Battalion/Nitya Yudha Bhakti900th Raider Infantry Battalion/Satya Bhakti Wirottama741st Mechanized Infantry Battalion/Garuda Nusantara18th Combat Engineering Battalion/Yudha Karya Raksaka4th Cavalry Detachment/Shima Pasupati
  • '''9th Cavalry Troop/Komodo Ksatria Anuraga'''

Training units

The Training Units in Kodam IX/Udayana are organised under the Kodam IX/Udayana Training Regiment/Resimen Induk Kodam IX/Udayana. The units are:
  • Regiment HQ
  • Satuan Dodik Latpur
  • Satuan Dodik Kejuruan
  • Sekolah Calon Bintara
  • Sekolah Calon Tamtama
  • Sekolah Dodik Bela Negara

Support units

The other support units are:
  • Military Police Command
  • Public Relations
  • Adjutant's General Corps
  • Medical Department
  • Military Physical
  • Veterans and National Reserves Administration
  • Topography Service
  • Chaplaincy Corps
  • Finance Office
  • Legal Affairs
  • Service Detachment
  • Information and Data Center
  • Supply
  • Transport Corps
  • Ordnance Department
  • Engineers Command
  • Signals Corps
  • Intelligence Command